MERRY CHRISTMAS, FOLKS! This is a great day to count one’s blessings. Brian Wilson, one of the best talk show hosts in the country, invited me on his show tomorrow (Tuesday, 12/26) at Noon eastern. Should be plenty of laughs, giving a chance for holiday season curtsies to George W. He will be guest hosting […]
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America’s Best Political Philosopher?
SEE BELOW (@#%&@ blog software glitch): Dilbert today is worth triple its weight in Harvard political philosophers. Scott Adams is no boot-burnisher. This cartoon cuts to the heart of the fraud of contemporary democracy. I am amused to hear talk of politicians having mandates when voters had a choice of squirrel abusers or secretary stranglers. Amazing that there […]
George W. Bush, MAN OF THE YEAR
Reason.com is doing a feature on Man of the Year. Here’s my 2 cents: George W. Bush is Man of the Year for vindicating cynics everywhere. Bush’s trumpeting of his illegal wiretaps and his championing of torture should quash mindless idealism about democracy. Bush capped off the year by impaling the Bill of Rights on the […]
Iraqi Justice Coming to USA?
The New York Times has a great piece today on sham justice in Iraq. The US military now holds almost twice as many Iraqi detainees as it did when the Abu Ghraib scandal broke. The U.S. set up a Central Criminal Court in Baghdad that usually has a Soviet-like disregard for due process. The system […]
Split Decision on Amazon
I was browsing the Amazon pages for a few of my books and noted some new reviews with varying perspectives. Here’s one reader’s thoughts on Attention Deficit Democracy: A fine contribution to the growing literature of liberty, November 2, 2006 Reviewer: James Carpenter (Pennsville, NJ USA) – See all my reviews James Bovard’s Attention […]
American Conservative: Bush’s Torture/Dictatorship Scandal
Here is the full text of my piece on the Military Commissions Act & the torture scandal from the December 18, 2006 issue of the American Conservative. It is good to see the screws tightening on some of these Bush rascals. This scandal could put an end to Bush II. [Comments Welcome at the End […]
The Fair Trade Fraud at 15
The front page of the Washington Post this morning shows a tearful photo of a Pearl Harbor veteran and others at ceremonies commemorating the 65th anniversary of the ‘day of infamy.’ That photo reminded me that, 15 years ago, I was being derided as a Japanese agent. (Yes, I did have a history before being labeled an […]
